Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain, A Legend In World Of Music, Dies At 73
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Zakir Hussain: A recipient of many awards, he received five Grammy Awards in his career, including three at the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this year.
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, battling heart-related problems, died at a US hospital today. He was 73. The rhythm of India paused today…In tribute.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽#ZakirHussainpic.twitter.com/eknPqw4uKM The world falls silent as the tabla loses its maestro. Ustad Zakir Hussain, a rhythmic genius who brought the soul of India to global stages, has left us. I was privileged to know him because of his connection with HMV and hear him perform at our home. His beats will echo… pic.twitter.com/TJ5aaLbsqZ
His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said he was admitted to a hospital in San Francisco.
"Zakir Hussain, the peerless North Indian tabla player, favors an impish strain of virtuosity. He's a fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor, devoted to exuberant play. So he rarely seems overbearing, even when the blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird's wings," wrote New York Times about the artist when he performed at Carnegie Hall in 2009.
